New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-11
TWO FIREMEN KILLED IN ST LOUIS
BURIED UNDER A FALLING wALL-Two OTHER FIRE
MEN ATD BYsTANDER BADLY MURT

BURIED UNDER A FALLING wALI<-Two OTHER FIRE
| MEN ATD A BYsTANDER BADLY HURT.
sr. LOUIS, Aug. 10 Specialization a season of
comparative immunity from fires, me city was TINS
morning visited by coufagration that rescted III :he
loss OF Iour lives and $4,000. AT o'clock blaze
WAS cred in the of Bishop Spearss larga
| peanut warehouse Nos. 80 and 5l2 North second
ST. ana 81 rapid was the spread OF tho hames that
general ALARM was given lev minutes after the hrst
engine arrived the grounds The building was five
81 ores high aud adjoining ii to the n'rtn and south
| we're large commission houses and wholesale grocery
stores; in the rear the alley Was the agrcult-
| ural ;impeme house OF Deere Mansur & Co. For
time the fire threatened to destroy II entire north
end O, the clock but hours hard work II was
conquered and nearly all the parsus sent back to
the engine house. AT o'clock Acting Assistant Chief
Barney McKeruon was lett III charge OF the hremcn
on the scene with instructions to extnguIsh the fire
in the cellar, which still burned fercev. BE ordered
ladder to be raised from truck TO the third story oil
| the front wall The wall about seventy eet high
| and unsupported McKernon then mounted the
ladder, accompanied by fireman. Frank Mcdonald,
q, believing that the wall was solid stepped on one
| OF the third-story windows and began pouring
stream the debris in the interior Chris Hoe,
| foreman OF the pompermen, Jacob Feldtman and
| William Zimmerman ,fremen,t czed another section OF
no and began dragging u up snort ladder 10 the
second story Suddenly the north wall ie III forced
out the front wall which the remen were al work,
and il came down the sidewalk ard truck, buryine
the fremen under avalanche OF br ck morter and
| s,reet fled tor their lives, but OF them, James
Oi,rien, struck by AN iron column and mortaily
wounded. Another alarm was turned IN and the
| dep artment began to dig Tor the buried 6remeD.
| Zmme man and Feldtman taken out alive but
| dan. erously injured McKernon aud Mcdonald were
| dead when found. Hoel was not found Tor two
| hours and was traced by line of hose which
clasped in his hand. The bod were removed TO the
mor sue aud subsequently turned over to relati'es
IIoeI was .ortv-two years old and the organizer OF
the ponpler corps He invented the belts and ladders
| used in the system He had been a member OF the
droartment for len years he leave- wife and five
children. Barney McKernon was the most expert
climber in the department He had saved score oil
lives and won many prizes st tOurna Dents lie leaves
| a wife and family Frank Mcdonald had been ouly
two years III the department but was al active, brave
| hreman He yas single. James O'Brien a
| primer. Zimmerman and Feldman we're new members
OF the Fire department. The losses are Blsnop q
Spear, $40 900; Alkirc Grocery Company $2O,O0O
| Desre Mansur & Co., $50, 900; all on stocks. The
loss the building is an additional $780, 900 All are
| insured. A subscription has been started tor The
families OF the dead iemen and it already amounts to
$500.